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Definition of "mirky" [mirk•y]

  • Variant of murky. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mirky" in a sentence
  • "Hopefully your Switzerland winter-school reinforced the purity in how science works instead of the mirky fog of that sometimes appears in Universe Today."
  • "Can you see it there, in the mirky recesses, as it awaits its moment, countless teeth poised to descend upon you?"
  • "Details of what kind of plea have remained mirky as his lawyer, Doron Weinberg, has refused to reveal which charges the plea will affect and if the plea will be guilty or no contest."
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